Show FIVE HUNDRED MEN ON BOARD French Torpedo Burns at Toulon With Witha a Loss of Only Three Lives I Toulon France Nov XO 23 The torpedo stationed in this harbor was totally destroyed by fire at ata ata ata a late hour this evening There were five ne hundred men on board when the th fire broke out but it Is believed that most of them were saved The was a ship of the line and for a number of or years past she had bat ba been doing duty dut as a harbor vessel anti and employed as a 8 torpedo training ship She Sho was of tons displacement waR built In 1 r The burning of the created the greatest alarm throughout the th city News of the fire was first conveyed at about 11 by b the firing of a can cannon cannon cannon non In the harbor The people hurriedly left the cafes and theatres and rushed to the docks whence they the could see the a mass of flames in the har liar harbor harbor bor The burning vessel stood out bril brilliantly brilliantly in the encircling darkness and i ithe the glare of the flames lit up the other I shipping and the coast and wharves Lives Lost There was terrible anxiety concerning I Ithe the fate of ot the OO men on board until the I authorities announced that everybody t had been taken off in boats and saved with i the exception e of three These men did not answer the and anti it is presumed they the were burned to death The entire garrison here was called out outto outto outto to render assistance and the crews of the warships of this division hurriedly launched their boats to go to the rescue of their comrades comrade who were on board the for purposes of Instruction Tugboats and fireboats as well as several steamers steam eN lying in port slipped their an anchors anchors anchors and likewise went out to holp help |